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THE EUEA.L NEW-YORKER 
January 0. 
FEEDING PROBLEMS. 
Under this heading wo endeavor to give advice 
and suggestions about feeding mixtures of grains 
and fodders. No definite rules are given, but the 
advice is based upon experience and average 
analyses of foods. By ‘■•protein” is meant the 
elements in the food which go to make muscle or 
lean meat. “Carbohydrates” comprise the starch 
sugar, etc., which make fat and provide fuel for 
the body, while “fat” is the pure oil found in 
foods. Dry matter” means the wpight of actual 
food left in fodder or grain when all the water is 
driven off. A “narrow ration” means one in which 
the proportion of protein to carbohydrates is close 
—a “wide” ration means one which Shows a larger 
proportion of carbohydrates. 
Feeding Ration for Cows. 
Will you give me a good feeding ration 
for cows? We have plenty of hay, and are 
in a position to buy the right kind of 
grain. 
Massachusetts. 
F. 
Digestible 
B. T. 
Dry 
Pro- 
Carb 
18 lbs. mixed hay 
matter 
tein 
& fat 
and clover .... 
4 lbs. dried brew- 
15.66 
1.116 
S.28 
ers’ grains .... 
4 lbs. dried beet 
3.68 
.832 
1.752 
pulp . 
3.744 
.272 
2.616 
2 lbs. gluten feed 
1.80 
.464 
1.398 
Nutritive ratio 1 
24.884 
:5.2. 
2.684 
14.046 
This combination 
makes a 
good, well-bal- 
a need ration which will produce a large 
llow of milk economically. We have as¬ 
sumed that your mixed hay contains some 
clover, but if it does not you should substi¬ 
tute cotton-seed meal for the gluten feed 
mentioned. This ration is intended for a 
1,000 pound cow in full flow of milk, but 
of course the quantity allowed for each 
cow must be regulated according to the in¬ 
dividual requirements of each cow and the 
amount of milk she is giving, c. s. G. 
Milk Ration. 
Give the best ration to feed for milk 
from the following fodder: Cornstalks, 
Timothy and clover hay, oats cut green 
lor hay. Also I have bran, ground oats 
and will have ground corn and cob. With 
milk at .$1.80 per 100. will it pay to buy 
feed at prices quoted per 100: Gluten. 
$1.65; cotton seed, $1.65; oil meal. $2.10. 
If so, please give right portion to feed per 
cow. J- g. 
New York. 
With such feeds as mixed Timothy and 
clover hay, oat hay and cornstalks, for 
roughage, you will require a fairly large 
amount of protein in the grain ration to 
make up the deficiency of this element in 
the roughage. Whether it will pay or not 
is a question I cannot answer; but if you 
are making a profit from your herd at the 
present time, after paying all expenses, in¬ 
cluding reasonable wages for yourself, it is 
safe to say that you are keeping good 
cows which would yield even a greater 
profit if you will feed them a properly 
balanced ration. If. however, you are 
losing money on your present herd and 
method of management, it may be necessary 
to improve the milking qualities of your 
herd before any profitable returns can be 
expected. For the production of a large 
flow of milk you should provide some form 
of succulent feed such as silage, mangels, 
cabbage or dried beet pulp. Then with 
your home grown fodder and hay you 
should feed about 2% pounds of each 
cotton-seed meal and dried distillers’ grains 
mixed with about the same amount of 
ground oats, bran and corn and cob meal, 
equal parts, which you have on hand. 
This will make an average of about 10 
pounds of grain for ?ach average cow. Of 
course this should be fed in two feeds, 
morning and evening, the quantity vary¬ 
ing according to the requirements of each 
individual cow and the amount of milk she 
is giving. If you feed dried beet pulp for 
succulence it may be substituted for a part 
of the mixed grain. c. s. g. 
Rations for Cow and Heifer. 
Please advise me as to the amount of 
grain for a growing heifer three montns 
old. It is getting corn fodder and six 
quarts skim-milk daily, but I wish to give 
it enough feed to keep growing right along. 
I have a Jersey cow which freshened three 
months ago, and I took calf away from her 
at two weeks old. At the time she gave 10 
quarts daily, and she has now come down to 
four. Many say that that breed of cows 
are not supposed to give any quantity of 
milk for the reason that it is rich in but¬ 
ter fat. Will you tell me what is the least 
amount of milk that is to be expected of an 
ordinary Jersey in order to get at least 
even returns for the cost of her keeping, and 
what is to be the amount of grain given in 
order to bring the flow of milk back? We 
have dry fodder, bran, eornmeal. cotton¬ 
seed meal and linseed meal. m. l. b. 
New Jersey. 
It is impossible to give specific directions 
as to the amount of feed for a three-months- 
old calf, as this is a matter that must be 
decided by the person who does the feeding, 
taking into consideration the size and 
strength of the calf and its ability to eat 
hnd digest the feed given. Corn fodder Is 
too coarse and hard to digest for a calf or 
this age, so you will do better to provide 
some good fine early-cut mixed hay or 
clover, preferably Alsike. You should also 
start feeding a little grain, which may be 
a mixture of wheat middlings, eornmeal and 
linseed meal. Feed only a handful of this 
grain mixture at first, and increase very 
gradually as the calf increases in size. 
Your Jersey cow should give more than 
four quarts of milk a day, and her rapid 
decrease is probably due to improper feed 
and care. Dry fodder and dry grain are 
not very conducive to a large flow of 
milk, without the addition of some form of 
succulence. Silage and dried beet pulp are 
the best feeds for this purpose, but if 
neither one is available, oil meal will 
partly make up the deficiency. I would 
recommend a grain mixture in the propor¬ 
tion of two pounds cotton-seed meal, one 
pound gluten feed, two pounds wheat bran, 
and four pounds dried beet pulp. With¬ 
out the beet pulp the bran should be in¬ 
creased to foul pounds and one pound of 
oil meal added. You will probably not be 
able to bring the flow of milk back to what 
it was when cow was fresh, but by care¬ 
ful feeding, beginning with about six 
pounds per day of the above mixture, you 
ought to secure a substantial increase in 
the flow of milk. c. s. G. 
Ration for Grade Jerseys. 
My cows are grade Jerseys; by last of 
February they will all be fresh. I have a 
silo full of silage from Eureka corn cut 
when in the dough, or thick milky stage, 
and realizing that hay would be scarce I 
drilled in Eureka corn 3x6, and have a 
nice lot of fodder full of soft ears, bright 
and nice, which I will run through cutter, 
cutting one-half inch. This I shall have to 
feed instead of hay. I can buy nearly 
every kind of grain from the feed dealers ; 
cows producing from 5.000 to 7.000 pounds 
of milk, and the last time tested was some 
tenths over four per cent. Bran costs me 
here $1.45 per 100 :gluten, $1.65 ; cotton seed 
$1.85; stand and middlings, $1.55; corn- 
meal, $1.65; hominy. $1.65; brewers’ grains, 
$1.85; standard middlings, $1.55; corn- 
I am selling my milk to a peddler at four 
cents per quart, year around. I would 
naturally want a large flow, but do not 
wish to feed so I will ruin my cows, if that 
is possible. No hay is used ; Eureka corn 
silage and Eureka corn fodder, with what¬ 
ever grain ration will be the most econom¬ 
ical and best. f. a. s. 
Connecticut. 
I would suggest the following formula, 
compounded from the feeding stuffs men¬ 
tioned, and taking into consideration your 
local prices for same: 
Digest- 
40 
lbs. silage. 
Dry ible 
Matter. Protein. 
8.40 .36 
Carb. 
& Fat. 
5.16 
32 
lbs. cut corn fod¬ 
der . 
6.96 
.30 
4.476 
3 
ibs. wheat bran. 
2.65 
.366 
1.359 
3 
lbs. dried brew¬ 
ers’ grains ... 
2.76 
.624 
1.314 
2 
lbs. cotton-seed 
meal . 
1.84 
.744 
. 88S 
1 
lb. gluten feed... 
.90 
.232 
.699 
23.51 
2.626 
13.S96 
Nutritive ratio, 1 :5.3. 
Your prices for feed are rather high, es¬ 
pecially the dried brewers’ grains, which 
you could buy in car lots at) a considerable 
saving. c. s. g. 
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